the time you love

Chapter 13 I Am Your Medicine (1)
Spring in the south is full of damp smells everywhere.

Arriving at the office 10 minutes earlier, I put the breakfast prepared by Shen Su on the table, took out the high-heeled shoes from the drawer, and replaced the suede flat shoes under my feet.

After more than two months of internship, I gradually integrated into the environment here.My daily work is not complicated, and I am still in the newcomer stage. I don’t have to expect too much luck. I will not go wrong if I work hard every day to do what I need to do well.

A few minutes later, the sound of my colleague Lin Canran’s high-heeled shoes no less than six centimeters resounded in the corridor outside. I gnawed on the bread and smiled wryly. I still wear such shoes to climb mountains, and the male colleagues who went with me stuck out their tongues one by one, and I almost got internal injuries.

Lin Canran was holding a tall stack of copperplate fashion magazines, and when he entered the door, he called to me: "Tourmaline, what do you think I brought?"

I got up, helped her put the magazine on the designer's desktop, and browsed the cover carefully, "You searched all the monthly magazines that RAY asked for? That's amazing!"

"Of course! Who am I!" Lin Canran's smug look is very charming, and her smiling eyebrows are very similar to the singer who sang the theme song of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The first time I saw her, I sighed.

Lin Canran raised her eyebrows at that moment, and said, "Tourma, are you mistaken? I'm much prettier than Coco Lee, okay?"

I laughed out loud.Just this sentence, I fell in love with her, this carefree, super narcissistic beautiful woman.

After helping her tidy up her things, I went back to my seat and continued to eat breakfast.Lin Canran's desk was opposite to mine. As soon as she sat down, she quickly took out Anna Sui's small mirror from her bag to check her makeup.I snickered a bit narrowly, and deliberately teased her: "I heard that RAY doesn't like girls wearing high heels."

Lin Canran stared at me with wide eyes: "Really? Why didn't you tell me earlier that I wore high heels to climb a mountain on purpose last time..." Halfway through the conversation, he came to an epiphany, "Tourmy, are you kidding me? The gossip? Didn't he say that he likes tall and thin girls at our department dinner last time? Don't you remember?"

Of course I remember, and I don’t have amnesia, but what happened half a month ago, Lin Canran shamelessly asked him again and again about his mate selection criteria. I still remember the slightly embarrassed smile on RAY’s face.

"But being tall and wearing high heels is two different things."

Lin Canran was so anxious that the tip of his nose was sweating, and he looked at me anxiously, "Tourma, is what you said true? He really doesn't like it? But he is so tall, if I don't wear high heels, how can I compare with KIKI?" they."

KIKI is the fitting model of our department. Every time she tries on clothes, Lin Canran looks at the smiling person standing beside RAY from a distance, and she can't help showing a gluttonous expression of gnashing her teeth.I secretly laughed, and said: "KIKI is just a little taller, how can you be good-looking, don't always treat others as imaginary enemies."

"What imaginary enemy? She is obviously!" Lin Canran jumped to my side, "It's not like you didn't see her that night, she was so happy, it seemed that the tall and thin girl was talking about her."

"RAY won't like her." I comforted her with confidence, "You have to trust the taste of the man you favor."

"That's right, my old lady is a hundred times better than her." After finishing speaking, the woman turned around abruptly, picked up the coffee cup on RAY's table, and walked towards the small kitchen at the end of the corridor.

I knew she was going to grind his coffee again.Also working as an assistant for others, Lin Canran obviously invested more than I did, because she worked hard without complaint. With such a model worker to accompany me, my work was relatively much easier.

It is said that women in love are very cute, and it also applies to Lin Canran who is still in the courtship stage.I smiled and looked away, turned on the computer casually, saw the time on the screen, thought of something, and quickly took out my mobile phone to call Shen Su.

"Are you at work? When did you leave the house? Don't prepare breakfast for me if you have a task. It's a waste of time." I suddenly saw today's date printed on the wrapping paper of the bread.

"It's okay, I bought it on the way back."

I was a little surprised and said, "You stayed up all night, why don't you rest at home in the morning?"

"No, there is a task to follow up, and I can only go on vacation tomorrow after I finish it... I rushed back to change in the morning. Xixi, I have nothing else to hang up beforehand. I will come back to you in an hour. I have to go to a meeting."

"Wait, let me just say one thing." I quickly stopped him, "Isn't it originally agreed to go to the movies together at night? Cancel it, I have something to do, and you just go home to catch up on sleep."

"okay."

After closing the line, I couldn't help calling out Zhou Nuoyan's text message to read it.Shen Su found his current job at the beginning of last month. He works for a large newspaper in the city. He is also a page editor while running news.My commute and commuting time with him are often staggered, and sometimes we can't meet each other for several days, so we can only listen to each other's voice on the phone.This appointment was agreed upon a few days ago. He finally had a day off and said that he would accompany me to watch movies and go shopping to make up for his negligence recently.

He spoke very seriously, but I felt guilty because——I didn't seem to care much about his "negligence".

Sighing, he put away his phone, opened the drawings on the computer, and turned his mind to work.

When I got off work, it started to rain lightly outside.

I stood at the door of the fitting room, holding a lot of clothes, straight like a door god.It's all Lin Canran's fault. Every time it's KIKI's turn to try on clothes, she uncharacteristically leaves all the work to me, leaving me alone to face the proud swan inside.

According to her fitting speed, it takes only 5 minutes to change a set. I didn’t say that such a model should have been swept away. Just now I saw that RAY’s face was not very good, but KIKI didn’t seem to notice it, and instead smiled at him more charmingly. .

Just as he was running away, the door suddenly opened, and KIKI threw out a cardigan sweater, and shut the door again without saying a word.I quickly caught it, knocked on the door, and said, "KIKI, hurry up, you still have seven or eight sets to try before you get off work."

"What's the rush! It doesn't take time to change clothes, you can try it yourself if you can." She pronounced it slowly with her nose.

I hooked the corner of my lips and ignored it.If I can try on clothes by myself, do I need to stand here like an idiot and serve you?Looking back, I saw RAY outside the glass door, and my heart couldn't help but move.

KIKI finally died, and glared at me arrogantly.

I turned a blind eye, helped her arrange the clothes on her body, and said casually: "Actually, I'm not urging you, anyway, I have to work overtime at night, it doesn't matter how long you want to try, it's just..."

"Just what?" KIKI thought I was going to say something to her, and hurriedly put on a posture to show me off.Her salary for normal shifts is not high, but overtime pay is different. It is calculated by the hour, and it is said that it is much higher than that of Lin Canran and me, so she often deliberately saves a little bit of get off work until after work. .

"Our designer is in a hurry to leave, didn't you notice?" I said pretending to be mysterious.

As expected, KIKI fell for the trick, and asked without knowing why: "He is in a hurry to leave? How do you know? Why is he in a hurry to leave?"

As we all know, this new designer in the men's clothing design department is a workaholic. He works overtime when others work overtime, and he also works overtime when others don't.I smiled, and helped her put on the accessories I picked out early in the morning, "Isn't he feeling well, didn't you see it? No wonder, you've been busy, but I saw him swallowing pills after lunch !"

"What's the matter with him? What's wrong?" KIKI was nervous.

"Then I don't know. It's probably a cold. These days are cloudy and sunny, and the flu is very serious." I raised my wrist under her eyes, revealing the quartz clock with a worn-out strap, "Look, there is Two ten minutes."

"Ah!" KIKI became anxious and kept urging me, "Hurry up, hurry up, how many sets are left? Seven sets? Eight sets? Is it seven sets or eight sets?" Before I could answer, she had already pulled He ran out quickly with his skirt on.

With the obedient cooperation of the model, my assistant is much easier to do. KIKI has greatly accelerated the whole fitting process with an unprecedented speed of changing clothes.After get off work, I spent 15 minutes typing RAY's revisions into the computer, changed back into flat shoes, and went to the bathroom to wash my face and put on a thin layer of makeup.

While waiting for the elevator, seeing RAY coming out of the board room, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.Just now I saw KIKI pestering him to ask questions, and the two of them disappeared in a blink of an eye. I thought KIKI was really good at coaxing people away.

"Tourmaline, are you going back?" He smiled and greeted me.

I still have a good impression of this Chinese designer. He is from the same country and graduated from the same college as the design director of our menswear department, but the director’s eyes are on his forehead, and it is common for him to arrive late and leave early every day. The thing is, it's not like this one in front of me, not to mention his good looks, his whole body naturally exudes an artist's unique temperament, he treats people politely, without being arrogant and self-confident at all, no wonder Lin Canran, KIKI and the others all favor this person.

I nodded and said with a smile: "I have sorted out today's fitting opinions, and I will send you an e-mail tomorrow morning for your review."

The elevator doors opened and I said goodbye to him and hurried in.He suddenly smiled and said, "I've been getting flu all over the place recently, so be careful." I knew he was mocking me behind my back, so I replied tacitly, "You too, take care."

"Okay, see you tomorrow then."

When we got to the gate, we realized that it was raining again.I opened the satchel and just took out the folding umbrella when I heard a long horn sound coming from the aisle opposite.Looking up, seeing Zhou Nuoyan's car, he hurriedly ran over with his umbrella.

"Why are you here? I agreed to go there by myself." I got in the car and wiped off the water stains on my body with a tissue.

"Anyway, on the way." He said lightly, and then drove without even looking at me.

Since I said goodbye to him in the hospital, I haven't seen him for more than two months, and he doesn't seem to have changed much.I was a little disappointed, and my joyful mood gradually turned cold.It's like this every time, I pouted, turned around and looked out the window.

"Is work going well?" Perhaps the atmosphere was too oppressive, so it was rare for him to speak up.

I immediately looked back at him, "Well, it's okay."

Words and deeds revealed emotions that shouldn't have been there, causing Zhou Nuoyan to look at me sideways with a little doubt.He was wearing a simple and conservative dark blue suit today, with a tie on the collar of the white shirt inside, looking extraordinarily solemn.I glanced down at the apple-green pullover and brown corduroy trousers I was wearing, worried.What, since you want to be so serious, you can remind me in a text message.

"When did your mother come here? Why did you suddenly want to see me?" I actually wanted to say, we are no longer boyfriend and girlfriend, so what's the point of your mother seeing me?But after thinking about it, we didn't count as that relationship in the first place, if we really want to say it, wouldn't we be humiliating ourselves?
"A few days ago, I lived in Shouxin."

I realized something and stared at him, "Isn't it the first time you're going to see her today?"

"I was on duty before today."

He didn't explain much, and I naturally didn't ask. I have heard that he has a bad relationship with his mother.A while ago, He Amber called me once. In addition to showing off that she was hailed as the most promising rising star by a certain media in the entertainment industry, she also told me the address of her new house, which is the most expensive property in the bustling area of ​​the city. Three rooms and one living room.I feel puzzled, didn't they cry poor a while ago, why did they suddenly become nouveau riche?Is it true that He Amber is so popular that she can earn a lot of money after filming a few episodes?
"Did you give them the money?" I couldn't think of a second possibility, "The inheritance matter is settled?"

"No." The car had already driven into the urban area, slowed down, and slowly moved forward in the crowd. He stared ahead, with a hint of irritability flashing across his silent expression.After a while, he said, "I gave my mother a sum of money, and she passed it on to Shouxin."

I raised my eyebrows in surprise, is there such a thing?Knowing that the two sons are having a dispute over the inheritance, she must be too partial in this move, "Then what do you say?"

He seemed to be taken aback for a moment, "No, what can I say."

I realized right away that he knew his mother would do this, so he wasn't surprised at all.But I felt wronged for him, frowned and said: "Then what are you going to do to her! If you give it generously, people will not appreciate you." I thought of He Amber's face.

"I know, this is the last time." He parked his car in a small parking lot and looked back at me steadily. His deep gaze seemed to contain invisible burning heat, and he was about to look into my soul in an instant.

"What?" Facing such charming pupils, I became flustered very disappointingly.

"You trust me to keep the inheritance, don't you?"

It turned out that it was because of this. I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Of course I believe that you don't have any. Although you are domineering and ruthless, you are a very principled person." Most importantly, I believe that he gave me Intuition, but I didn't tell him that.

The meeting place is Anning Teahouse on the [-]th floor of Mingzhu Building.

The slowly ascending elevator was crowded with people, and I was almost attached to Zhou Nuoyan's body, feeling his gentle breathing.I was a little apprehensive, and wanted to go back to see him several times, but finally gave up because of the limited space.The elevator stopped on the seventh floor, and he dragged me out by the hand.

"Didn't you go to the teahouse to meet your mother? Why are you here?"

"There's still time, you go change your clothes."

I glanced at the famous brand counters around me, and said, "What's the matter? I think I'm too shabby to be worthy of you?"

"I don't want to be told I have bad taste."

"you!"

Half an hour later, I walked into the hall on the twelfth floor with him dressed up, and when I saw that Ms. Guo Jiahui for the first time, my biggest feeling was that I was glad that I came here after changing clothes.

To be honest, she didn't look like Zhou Nuoyan's mother at all, she looked only in her forties, with a bright face, wearing a Chanel dress, black high heels, and a thin beige scarf tied around her well-maintained neck.There is an uncluttered Chinese bun on the back of the head, and a pair of small pearl pendants on the earlobe, which glows off-white and warm under the soft wall lamps in the teahouse.

I almost stared straight away, dumbfounded and speechless.

(End of this chapter)